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Definition of Weasand

Medically reviewed by Dr. Otari Nergadze, Neurosurgeon | Updated: January 2026

Weasand: 1. The windpipe (trachea). 2. More loosely, the throat. "Cut his weasand with thy knife." The Tempest, Shakespeare.

Weasand is from the Middle English wesand and the Old High German weisunt meaning windpipe. Sometimes written wesand or wezand.